FA Cup fifth round   Wolves vs Villa Man City vs Stoke Derby vs Birmingham Bolton vs Spurs/Leeds Chelsea vs Cardiff Fulham vs Notts County/Wigan Reading vs West Brom Southampton vs Portsmouth

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Ok, so whilst we were progressing into the fifth round of the FA Cup, Manchester United were busy taking over at the top of the table and now we have to sit back and listen to how they’re ‘back where they belong’ – for as long as it lasts anyway. The thing they seem to [...]

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PRESTON 0-2 CHELSEA A very professional performance from Chelsea it has to be said. Maybe not reflected in the scoreline but we definitely never looked like doing anything other than progressing to the fifth round of the FA Cup. We completely controlled the game and if it hadn’t been for Lonergan, the score without a [...]

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You know how it is, you’ve just watched us have a poor game or read the latest bullshit the rags have to offer and you really need to vent your spleen.  We’ve all been there right? But how many times can you subject the cat to a propelled exit from the living room? And more [...]

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FA Cup fourth round Venue: Deepdale Date: Saturday, 23 January Kick-off: 1245 GMT   While United try and take advantage of being out of this year’s FA Cup by getting enough points to put them top (for now), today will see us take on Preston North End at Deepdale – because we’re still in the [...]

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It’s the fourth round of the FA Cup for us tomorrow and a trip to Deepdale to play Preston North End. Ahead of this one, TalkChelsea.net has had a chat with Preston fan Brad Earl from Cumbria to get his opinion on us, find out who we need to watch out for and of course, [...]

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There seems to have been a lot of fuss since the Citeh – United game, specifically around Gary Neville’s reaction to his former Argie team-mate’s ‘celebrations’ – and seeing as the world and his wife have given their opinion on it, TheChelseaBlog doesn’t want to miss out on the raging debate it seems to have [...]

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We might have enjoyed a fair bit of success since Roman Abramovich arrived at Chelsea but we’ve also taken our fair share of criticism around our style of play – and not without cause a lot of the time.   We might have been a bit of a machine in Mourinho’s first couple of seasons [...]

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There are still 17 games left in the Premier League season and this means that a lot can change at the top of the table. Being top of the pile at the moment though, Chelsea will be hoping that things stay exactly as they are. But this won’t happen without any effort and Frank Lampard [...]

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Just days ago, TheChelseaBlog wondered whether history could be repeating itself with Michael Essien – and despite crossing enough fingers and toes to make even your average contortionist look rigid, it’s starting to look worryingly close to being the case. As we know, Essien was ruled out of ACON yesterday after breaking down in training [...]

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